Can We Crowdfund Breaking News?

In less than 48 hours, readers contributed funds to find reporters on the ground in Ferguson. Those reporters created original coverage that reached a global audience. There’s still more to do, and you can help.

Published August 14 at 8:58 pm

Protests broke out in Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of Michael Brown. Readers asked us how to get an independent journalist to the scene:

So we created a page to let readers fund journalists in Ferguson:

They responded:

We put out a call for journalists on the ground, letting them know readers and funding were available.

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